I left off last time by putting rows one and two together with sashing...now on to adding row three...

This is the wrong way around...the long piece of sashing running horizontally must be the other way!

After turning it around, I pinned the ends of both of the vertical sashings so I would know where to pin the two pieces together so that they would match up...

turn the third piece over, match vertical sashings with pre-pinned markings and pin all along the horizontal sashing, matching the vertical sashings first, then carefully pinning the length of the entire piece.

Here I am at my Baby Lock Quest Plus...

the extra batting is laying to the left

you should always avoid sewing through two layers of batting

my quilting teacher Verna advises, because it might break a needle

(please let me know if you've used a heavier needle with successful double-batting

or what you've experienced when using double battings)

Checking to see if it matched up:

After sewing the fourth and final row of batting to the quilt, turn over and begin trimming -

carefully avoiding the quilt top underneath. A good 8" pair of scissors that are nice and sharp are in order.

After trimming the back so that your batting lays side by side nice and flat, cut a piece of "heatpressbattingtogether", laying the rough side down and smooth your iron across it gently:

Here's how it looks after it's all in place across the batting:

Now it's time for the first of two borders....sew all the strips right sides together to form one very long length from which to cut your four pieces of border, two sides (measured from the center) and a top and bottom strip (measured from the center of the four rows across).

Checking the center length of the quilt top, I measure 61" - this will be the length for my side borders.

Here's my fabric choice for the larger 6" outside border:

That's as far as I got...

because we had to dig out - yes, on April 15th - from a snow storm!

Rather amazing, isn't it for this time of year?

I'm so glad we're not flooding here.

I feel badly for those in the Fargo, Jamestown, Devil's Lake, I-29 areas...they're really getting hit by flooding and after the heavy, wet snow that fell, it's going to get even worse. Prayers are being sent up for them!

Please pop back to RocknQuilts the 2nd of May when I feature our very first GUEST BLOGGER,
Linda, from www.b-bumble.com , who has graciously donated three of her personally designed quilts for our GIVE AWAY, to be held Monday, May 16th, 2011.

Please check out Linda's website to see what kinds of quilt patterns she offers!

Loved seeing this, just wondering why we shouldn't sew through 2 layers of binding? Did you mean doubling one over? I am making a quilt for Japan and purposely layering it with 2 layers of binding for extra warmth. Will I mess it up?Love the strips!

Extra warmth sounds really nice and I don't think it would 'mess' anything up unless the thickness caused a needle to break...I wonder if there's a heavy-duty needle you could switch over to for the job...like one you might use with denim? Have you tried sewing the two battings together already with success? Perhaps hand sewing would be a good idea? If so, what kind of needle adjustments, etc. did you make for success? Thank you for sharing! Mary Ann @ RocknQuilts

nativetexan wrote:I watched Quilt in a Day this morning and she showed how to 'turn' a quilt and tie it and then she machine stitched along the border.then she showed how to machine her own quilt. this one was quilt as you go but she only quilted blocks on batting, the backing wasn't added until she was to put the border on.I've always thought if i did a quilt in sections, i'd have to add backing fabric in sections too. Hmmmmm.

You can watch a lot of her programs for free at http://www.quilterstv.com

Bernice H.Custom Quilter

and there's also this:http://www.graspr.com/videos/Quilt-as-You-Go-Another-Method-1

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A beginning quilter explores the world of quilting via Harriet Hargrave's "Heirloom Machine Quilting", 5th ed., Harriet and daughter Carrie Hargrave's "Quilter's Academy" series and through reproduction Civil War fabrics and quilt designs.

Long winters in North Dakota, USA lend themselves beautifully to piecing and quilting. Married for 20 years with two grown children, three grandchildren and two children at home, it was easy to decide to begin to learn to quilt. This is my journey. Thank you for joining me. Your comments are welcome!